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here with us now in denver, we have howard fineman, the "huffington post" media group. said he is the buffalo bob of our show. >> now i'm don meredith because don meredith always used to say on monday night football, when the game was nearly over, woe start singing. ♪ the party's over but not there yet. >> bring you back to sing at some point, heward. before we do that, we have another task and i thought howard would be the perfect guy to lead this off. basically, we want to look ahead to this debate tonight and all for a moment, assume the role of moderator, jim lehrer, pbs, a moderating this thing tonight. let just go around right now, we will start with you, howard. you got jim lehrer's seat, the two questions in front of you -- two candidates right in front of you. what is the one question that you think would you most like to see jim lehrer ask one of these candidates tonight? >> i would focus on mitt romney because this really is it for mitt. i would go right at the central concern. i would say i would ask, governor, bain capital, which you helped to run, had ma
here with us now in denver, we have howard fineman, the "huffington post" media group. said he is the buffalo bob of our show. >> now i'm don meredith because don meredith always used to say on monday night football, when the game was nearly over, woe start singing. ♪ the party's over but not there yet. >> bring you back to sing at some point, heward. before we do that, we have another task and i thought howard would be the perfect guy to lead this off. basically, we...
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we start now with mark blumenthal at huffington post and a polling expert. let's start with ohio. there are scenarios for both of the candidates to win this election without ohio but it is the closest thing there is to a must win state i'd say for both candidates. what is your best sense right now of where the race stands in ohio and why is it where it is? >> well, our estimate which is based on all of the public polls as run through a model we have on the huff post election dashboard has pretty consistently had obama with a two, 2.5-point lead in ohio over the last 2 weeks, even after the debate movement. and, you know, that's about in polling averages anything above that and you typically win. if that holds. he's in pretty good shape there. >> so if he's in good shape there, there's a good wchance t win the election and then the popular vote split and mitt romney maybe gets more popular votes overall but barack obama has a clear edge and wins the electoral college. how likely do you think that scenario is? >> i think it's possible to get a split but the imaginations have kind of
we start now with mark blumenthal at huffington post and a polling expert. let's start with ohio. there are scenarios for both of the candidates to win this election without ohio but it is the closest thing there is to a must win state i'd say for both candidates. what is your best sense right now of where the race stands in ohio and why is it where it is? >> well, our estimate which is based on all of the public polls as run through a model we have on the huff post election dashboard has...
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president clinton and coukofi anon comes richard branson and the founder of wikipedia and ariane na huffington. amazing people that believe in the power of young people and give their time to help them drive positive change. >> you mentioned mark zuckerberg and exceptional young people. by and large this is an age group notoriously disengaged. don't you think we should ask young people to become more invested and prove they can be responsible citizens by voting in healthier numbers before we ask them their political opinions? >> yeah, i think you have to ask them why they're disengaged. obviously, what we have here, we have the people who are changing the world in -- brilliant young people under 25 but already in positions of leadership. we're not talking about the general population. we did a survey of 2,000 young people age 20 to 29 in the u.s. only 72% of them are going to vote, so 28% are not voting. only 31% of them believe that their voice is listened to. one of the key things that's an opportunity and threat is if the brilliant political leaders and future leaders engage with young peop
president clinton and coukofi anon comes richard branson and the founder of wikipedia and ariane na huffington. amazing people that believe in the power of young people and give their time to help them drive positive change. >> you mentioned mark zuckerberg and exceptional young people. by and large this is an age group notoriously disengaged. don't you think we should ask young people to become more invested and prove they can be responsible citizens by voting in healthier numbers before...
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i must agree with you because that's what i wrote on the "huffington post" so i must agree with it, it's a very important debate. everybody says vice presidential debates aren't important. i say history is bunk to quote henry ford. this one really matters for the reason that you say. as crystal said, there are a lot of freaked out democrats. they need some good news. the democrat spirits are not going to be turned around by registration numbers in various states. the obama campaign put out a memo about that today. that's great for the junk kiss. that's not great or helpful to the spirit of the volunteers and so forth. joe biden needs to be seen as the winner tonight for the very reason you're talking about, the media narrative, which could be crushing if they go 0-2. >> howard, as the romney team likes to point out. joe biden has done a lot of debates. by my count, 749. no, closer to 23, but he did 14 in the last year, in 2008 alone. >> yes. >> on the other hand, he's also been vice president for the last four years. i think everyone knows that vice president's don't really get pressed a
i must agree with you because that's what i wrote on the "huffington post" so i must agree with it, it's a very important debate. everybody says vice presidential debates aren't important. i say history is bunk to quote henry ford. this one really matters for the reason that you say. as crystal said, there are a lot of freaked out democrats. they need some good news. the democrat spirits are not going to be turned around by registration numbers in various states. the obama campaign...
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joining us is timothy o'brien, the executive editor of the huffington post and the author of "the lincoln conspiracy." >> it's great to be here, s.e. >> i love alternative history and the kinds of things eric larson does with history. this is a combination of history and fiction. tell me, was this a conspiracy you actually believe in? do you think think this is what happened or did you dream this up to sort of enhance a novelistic new version of history? >> lincoln conspiracy is a historical thriller about this incredible moment of change after the lincoln assassination and the industrialization of america and cities and society and ferment. and the assassination is really a departure point for looking at all these forces that were set in motion, women's rights, civil rights, all wedded to what i hope to be a very captivating yarn about a detective and his wife who come into possession of two diaries that offer secrets about the lincoln assassination. >> tim, lincoln is hot to death right now. there's your book about lincoln, steven carter wrote a book "the impeachment of abe lincoln." th
joining us is timothy o'brien, the executive editor of the huffington post and the author of "the lincoln conspiracy." >> it's great to be here, s.e. >> i love alternative history and the kinds of things eric larson does with history. this is a combination of history and fiction. tell me, was this a conspiracy you actually believe in? do you think think this is what happened or did you dream this up to sort of enhance a novelistic new version of history? >> lincoln...
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howard fineman with "the huffington post" media group is here. i have to start with chris christie. who would have imagined that a week out from election day he would be out singing the president's praised in very strong language? we have a clip of that right now. >> the spth all over this and deserves great credit. i appreciate that call from the president. very proactive and i appreciate that type of leadership. the president's been great. i spoke to him three times yesterday. he called me midnight last night. good working with the president. >> so look, i do think he's sincere here and been very emotionally moved after surveying the damage in new jersey but not only is his praise sort of politically good for the president but politically good for chris christie. >> there's no question that it does. chris christie's job to get all the resources possible from the federal government, from anybody who can help to try to repair his devastated state. so yes, it's good for chris christie. but it's good for the president for a couple of reasons. first of all, any time you talk about the
howard fineman with "the huffington post" media group is here. i have to start with chris christie. who would have imagined that a week out from election day he would be out singing the president's praised in very strong language? we have a clip of that right now. >> the spth all over this and deserves great credit. i appreciate that call from the president. very proactive and i appreciate that type of leadership. the president's been great. i spoke to him three times yesterday....
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. >> bring in howard fineman of "the huffington post" media group. howard, i want to pick up on the libya thing because this is the second time now since benghazi attack that romney really stepped in it on the issue of the attack. my diagnose sis is he's sort of a victim of i would say right wing media because there's a caricature of obama as an apologize first foreign policy president that the right pushed and believed in for four years and seemed like romney bought in to that with the statement on that initially a few weeks ago and doesn't seem to jive with anybody else thinks about this president on foreign policy and national security. >> well, first of all, the headline of the day so far is that s.e. was despondent. i mean, that says it all. and i think that that moment was important not only for the substance of the libya exchange and the questions about benghazi and how mitt romney has kind of got stuck in something that if he'd left it alone had good sense to leave it alone it would be a more powerful weapon for him pair doxically. what i tho
. >> bring in howard fineman of "the huffington post" media group. howard, i want to pick up on the libya thing because this is the second time now since benghazi attack that romney really stepped in it on the issue of the attack. my diagnose sis is he's sort of a victim of i would say right wing media because there's a caricature of obama as an apologize first foreign policy president that the right pushed and believed in for four years and seemed like romney bought in to that...